Greg Luzinski
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Luzinski at a Washington Nationals / Philadelphia Phillies game at Nationals Park on August 21, 2011
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| Left fielder / Designated hitter | |||
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Born: November 22, 1950 Chicago, Illinois |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 9, 1970, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
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| September 24, 1984, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .276 | ||
| Home runs | 307 | ||
| Runs batted in | 1,128 | ||
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Gregory Michael "The Bull" Luzinski (born November 22, 1950) is a former professional baseball player.
Luzinski was a left fielder who spent the majority of his career with the Philadelphia Phillies (1970–80), and retired as a member of the Chicago White Sox (1981–84).
Born in Chicago, he attended Notre Dame High School in Niles, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on September 9, 1970 at age 19, pinch-hitting for the Phillies in a loss to the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.
At 6'1' and 255 pounds, Luzinski was a well-liked member of the Phillies and a feared slugger who could also hit for average despite striking out frequently. While he was a poor defensive left fielder, he hit .300 or better for three consecutive seasons during the prime of his career, and was a career .276 hitter with 307 home runs and 1,128 RBIs. He was selected an All-Star between 1975 and 1978, hitting a home run off Jim Palmer in 1977 and being the top vote-getter for the National League in 1978. He was also MVP runner-up in 1975 (when he led the National League in RBIs with 120) and 1977, when he posted career highs in batting average (.309), home runs (39) and RBIs (130).
He hit safely in every game and had at least one home run in each of the three National League Championship Series played by the Phillies from 1976 to 1978, though Philadelphia did not advance to the World Series those years. In 1980, he suffered a major slump with injuries in the regular season, batting just .228 with 19 home runs and 56 RBIs in 106 games, but came back with two game-winning hits in the 1980 National League Championship Series: a two-out two-run home run in the bottom of the 6th inning in Game 1 (the only home run hit in the entire championship series) and a pinch-hit double in the top of the 10th in Game 4, as Philadelphia beat Houston in five games to finally make the World Series, where they defeated the Kansas City Royals to take the title. Those hits against Houston were perhaps the biggest hits of his career, and Luzinski once held the consecutive game hitting streak record for a championship series with 13.
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